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Burstow wins praise from Guardian as knowledgeable and effective MP
September 12, 2003 9:57 AM
Sutton and Cheam MP, Paul Burstow, has been named by the Guardian newspaper as one of the most influential people in public services and social policy in its 'Influencers 100'.
According to the Guardian it considered four main criteria: influence over policy, delivery of services and professional practice; transformative power - the ability to change institutions, places or perceptions; financial clout; and political muscle - judged either by proximity to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, or by robust and influential independence from Downing Street.
Mr Burstow was one of just five Members of Parliament listed by the paper, the others where Oliver Letwin, Frank Dobson, Steve Webb, and Frank Field.
The Guardian described Mr Burstow as: "One of the most knowledgeable and effective politicians on older people's issues, the Lib Dem spokesman at times seems the only parliamentarian taking a real interest in elderly care, and has almost single handedly kept older people's issues on the political agenda. He constantly wrongfoots ministers and has played a key role in exposing scandals of over-medication and elder abuse."
ENDS
Link to Guardian Unlimited website: http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,7843,1038556,00.html
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